Phrase · 📞 Phone calls & voice messages
Você me ligou? Vi uma chamada perdida.
Did you call me? I saw a missed call.
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Why every word is where it is
vocêpronounyou3rd sing. · subjectme1object pronounmeeu · 1st sing. · indirect objectligou1verbcalledligar · past · 3rd sing.?Vi2verbI sawver · past · 1st sing.umadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitechamadanouncallfem. · sing.perdida3verbmissedperder · participle · fem. · sing..
- você → ligou: subject
- ligou → me: object
- Vi → chamada: object
- perdida → chamada: agreement
Word for word: “You me called? (I) saw a call lost.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1me ligou: with você, a 3rd-person verb, and the pronoun goes before it. Object pronouns as spoken →
- 2Vi: irregular perfeito of ver, the same as Spanish. Pretérito perfeito: irregular verbs →
- 3chamada perdida = missed call: the participle agrees like an adjective. Chamada = ligação. Past participles & the pluperfect (tinha feito) →
Variations
- Vi que você me ligou.
- Tinha uma chamada perdida sua aqui.
- Você tentou me ligar?